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Andree Seu this week has been thinking about faces….
I have been thinking about faces. When I walk the dog, a face is the first thing-and in most cases the only thing-a person will see of me. If I get to thinking about the number of people who are lost, and the shortness of the time, I feel sad about all those ships passing without a gospel word.
And yet the face does pour forth speech. I remember the first time I saw Marge Magnuson’s face. I was 23 and hippie-grungy and plopped on her doorstep, some unknown vagabond accompanying her “adopted son.” She opened the door and looked at me-and beamed. That was my introduction to Christianity.
What does your face say to those you meet?
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An old dictionary we picked up at a library sale defined countenance as the look on a face showing mood or character. My children probably have heard that more times than they want, but it says it all. What are you showing the world about yourself? Reminds me of Psalms 42 &43 : The help of my countenance and my God.
I’ve sure noticed that when I smile and greet strangers I encounter, it seems to cheer them up, just as it can really change how I’m feeling if someone smiles at me. I’ve also watched my son do this–it’s profound.
Years back the weight/exercise guru (at least at that time) Richard Simmons looked directly at the camera and commented:
“Your face is a billboard, in the short time that people will see you, you will transmit a message in one way or another.”
Not that much memorable about him, but that one quote stuck with me.
Another Lewis quote (I think it’s Lewis; I don’t remember the context of this one) to go with all the ones in the article. Lewis said he didn’t like someone’s face and someone retorted that the poor man “isn’t responsible for his face.” If I remember the response correctly, it is this: “My dear lady, everyone over thirty is responsible for his face.”
It was Oscar Wilde, I believe, who said, “At 50, everyone has the face they deserve.”
I heard that Abraham Lincoln said something similar, about people over 40.